>>The sales of
Depeche Mode have dropped the day they left all this
>>good stuff,
didn' t you noticed ?
I\u2019m sorry, but that is, as we say in my country (the same country that Depeche Mode hail from) utter bollox !!
Check the kit lists for stuff like Violator and you will see countless pieces of equipment instead of the R20;good old stuff\u201d.
To claim that an artist/band has success or failure because of the equipment they use is complete rubbish. Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Dave Gahan could fart a better tune than you or any of us could produce on any piece of equipment, because they are skilled and successful (both commercial & critical) songwriters. They could compose their entire next album on a Bontempi organ and still write better tunes than any of us bedroom musos, many of whom seem more concerned with technical specifications than actual song craft.
£0.02
Rob.